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Breakfast will be LATE today.
Breakfast will be LATE today.
Last night at about 11:30pm watching Sunday night football, I
heard banging noises in the living room. I turned on the
lights and didn't see anything. I went back to the game and
the noise began again in earnest. I finally took out my
flashlight to light up some shadows when I shined upon a
strange object attached to a loudspeaker. I closed in for a
better look and there was a brown bat hanging and just looked
at me with his bulging eyes. I stepped back in an instant.
I had to let it be for the night, unable to get into gear and
hold a flashlight and trap it. So I will wait until the sun
shines in and easily trap the little hanger!
He obviously wanted out and was flying into the windows and
walls.
I don't know if I'll catch and release it or turn it over to
animal control to be screened for rabies.
My trapping method is a simple shoebox. Trap it with the box
and box cover from front and back and quickly close them
together trapping the bat inside. Take the box outside, box
cover down and pull off the box onto it's side shielding me so
it can make it's escape.
I'll be heavily dressed with thick winter gloves and full
motorcycle helmet
Last bat rescue: 1995
You?
Andy
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Re: Breakfast will be LATE today.
Andy wrote:
> Last night at about 11:30pm watching Sunday night football,
Did you bother having dinner, or did you veg out on the couch
continuously following the afternoon games?
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Re: Breakfast will be LATE today.
On Monday, October 1, 2012 11:23:37 AM UTC-4, George M. Middius wrote:
> Andy wrote:
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>
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> > Last night at about 11:30pm watching Sunday night football,
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>
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> Did you bother having dinner, or did you veg out on the couch
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> continuously following the afternoon games?
Did you eat a dick, as usual?
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Re: Breakfast will be LATE today.
On 10/1/2012 6:19 AM, Andy wrote:
> Last bat rescue: 1995
>
> You?
>
> Andy
In the middle of the night, I discovered a bat in the living room.
Jackson the cat, loved to bring bats in the house via the cat door; the
bats always stayed downstairs and bounced against the ceiling, over and
over.
George was asleep, but he woke up when I climbed back in bed. I asked
him what he would do if there was a bird in the house. There was no
reason to scare him with the truth, was there? He got up, and quickly
discovered it was a bat. He got a towel, grabbed the bat and put it
outside to fly away.
Becca
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Re: Breakfast will be LATE today.
Ema Nymton <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 10/1/2012 6:19 AM, Andy wrote:
>
>> Last bat rescue: 1995
>>
>> You?
>>
>> Andy
>
>
> In the middle of the night, I discovered a bat in the
> living room. Jackson the cat, loved to bring bats in the
> house via the cat door; the bats always stayed downstairs
> and bounced against the ceiling, over and over.
>
> George was asleep, but he woke up when I climbed back in
> bed. I asked him what he would do if there was a bird in
> the house. There was no reason to scare him with the truth,
> was there? He got up, and quickly discovered it was a bat.
> He got a towel, grabbed the bat and put it outside to fly
> away.
>
> Becca
Becca,
Heh heh heh! That certainly sounds like oddball cat behavior!
I haven't seen my little hanger yet today. Maybe he let himself
out the way he came. :-)
I like George's technique better and will use it next chance I
get.
I was genuinely surprised it didn't set off the motion sensors!
Best,
Andy
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Re: Breakfast will be LATE today.
On 10/1/2012 6:19 AM, Andy wrote:
> Last bat rescue: 1995
>
> You?
Do flying squirrles count? Trapped/released one earlier this year.
Steve
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Re: Breakfast will be LATE today.
[email protected] (Steve Pope) wrote:
> On 10/1/2012 6:19 AM, Andy wrote:
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>> Last bat rescue: 1995
>>
>> You?
>
> Do flying squirrles count? Trapped/released one earlier
> this year.
>
> Steve
Steve,
Sounds like a fine rescue!
Andy
You still have moose???
Boris
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Re: Breakfast will be LATE today.
On Mon, 01 Oct 2012 12:52:46 -0500, Ema Nymton <[email protected]>
wrote:
>On 10/1/2012 6:19 AM, Andy wrote:
>
>> Last bat rescue: 1995
>>
>> You?
>>
>> Andy
>
>
>In the middle of the night, I discovered a bat in the living room.
>Jackson the cat, loved to bring bats in the house via the cat door; the
>bats always stayed downstairs and bounced against the ceiling, over and
>over.
>
>George was asleep, but he woke up when I climbed back in bed. I asked
>him what he would do if there was a bird in the house. There was no
>reason to scare him with the truth, was there? He got up, and quickly
>discovered it was a bat. He got a towel, grabbed the bat and put it
>outside to fly away.
>
>Becca
Thank you. Bats are mammals so they have wee ones waiting. Saving
them is such a great idea! Thanks to everyone- who does so!
aloha,
Cea
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Re: Breakfast will be LATE today.
On Tue, 02 Oct 2012 18:13:02 -1000, pure kona
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Thank you. Bats are mammals so they have wee ones waiting. Saving
>them is such a great idea! Thanks to everyone- who does so!
Bats eat bugs, so that's a great reason to treat them well.
To reply by email, lose the Ks...
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Re: Breakfast will be LATE today.
The Other Guy <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, 02 Oct 2012 18:13:02 -1000, pure kona
> <[email protected]> wrote:
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>
>>Thank you. Bats are mammals so they have wee ones waiting.
>> Saving them is such a great idea! Thanks to everyone- who
>>does so!
>
> Bats eat bugs, so that's a great reason to treat them well.
There are other places on earth equally bat awesome, but in
Naaracourte, SA, Australia, a famous attraction was the bat
cave. It was fashioned with close-circuit TV cameras in every
direction, so when they (~200k) took flight at late evening,
visitors could stand at the cave's edge to watch them leave for
the evening hunt, coming from below to above! A
remarkable/memorable sight to see!!!
Andy
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